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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.
(a) Marxism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Industrial capitalism.
(d) Postal service.

2. After receiving Inverarity's letter, which of the following does Oedipa NOT do for the afternoon?
(a) Call friends.
(b) Work in her garden.
(c) Read book reviews.
(d) Mix cocktails.

3. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?
(a) God.
(b) Pills nor psycho babble.
(c) Pills nor the doctor.
(d) Mucho.

4. What choice does Oedipa make in regard to Dr. Hilarius, even though she recognizes there will never be a way to know if she is cured?
(a) To go on medication.
(b) Not to leave her "shrink ."
(c) To go off the medication.
(d) To find another "shrink."

5. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) A TV remote.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A candelabra.
(d) A TV antenna.

6. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter process.
(b) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the tabacco process.
(c) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the cancer research.
(d) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter-free process.

7. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?
(a) Call Inverarity's wife.
(b) Contact their lawyer.
(c) Go see her shrink.
(d) Have a drink.

8. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
(a) A Turkish bath.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) A resturant.

9. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?
(a) A slow whirlwind and words she couldn't hear.
(b) Her last words to Mucho before she left.
(c) Her last words to Inverarity whirling around her.
(d) Words to a song she can't remember.

10. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?
(a) JR Ewing.
(b) Ben Matlock.
(c) Perry Mason.
(d) Tyler Perry.

11. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.
(a) The Transmitters.
(b) The Tristero.
(c) The Transmissions.
(d) The Tretero.

12. The rock group, The Paranoids, is a take off on what famous band?
(a) The Beach Boys.
(b) The Sex Pistols.
(c) The Eagles.
(d) The Beatles.

13. When Oedipa goes backstage, Driblette tells her that words are like what?
(a) Flesh that must be given life.
(b) Bones that must be buried.
(c) Flesh that must be buried.
(d) Bones that must be given life.

14. What does Funch, Mucho's boss, tell Mucho he is going to do in the first chapter of the novel?
(a) Tape all Mucho's phone conversations.
(b) Curb Mucho's use of credit cards.
(c) Tape all Mucho's office interactions.
(d) Cancel Mucho's raise.

15. As she prepares to play a game with Metzger, what begins careening around the bathroom of Oedipa's motel room at Echo Courts?
(a) A can of hairspray.
(b) A can of deodorant.
(c) A can of propane.
(d) A can of mace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of experiment does Dr. Hilarius want Oedipa to take part in?

2. What is at the center of the intricate plot of the play Oedipa and Metzger go to see?

3. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?

4. Who wins the bet about the movie Oedipa and Metzger are watching while staying at the motel?

5. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?

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